Insert board



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March 10, 1953 .B. LIEBOWITZ 2,630,948

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INSERT BOARD '4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed Aug. 5, 1950 IN YEN TQR. WW W B. LIEBOWITZ INSERT BOARD March 10, 1953 Filed Aug. 5. 1950 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 1 76.6. F/G. .9.- fl/aja 'Ha/z F7G.1Z. 76.13. 76.14 Hli Patented Mar. 10, 1953 INSERT BOARD Benjamin Liebowitz, New York, N. Y., assignor to Trubenizing Process Corporation, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application August 5, 1950, Serial No. 177,952

6 Claims. 1

This invention relates to a folding or insert board for shirts as finished by the manufacturer of the shirts and as sold in the shops. It is also applicable to shirts as finished by. commercial laundries.

An object of this invention is to eliminate or at least minimize deformation of the collar, particularly the upward curling of the collar points, which is a common fault in shirts as delivered to the consumer today.

Most shirts today are sold with the collars pressed standing up or erect, i. .e., with the neck band more or less perpendicular to the plane of the pressed body. In this conformation, the points of the collar cannot extend straight out from the neck band but must take an upward curvature which to a large extent spoils the appearance of the shirt in the hand and unless corrected by the wearer before donning the shirt will make the points stand away from the body of the wearer in an unsightly manner.

This difiiculty can be avoided by adequately slanting the front region of the neck band so that it makes a relatively obtuse angle with the plane of the pressed body of the shirt.

The problem is to achieve this slanting of the front portion of the neck band and thus to eliminate the undesirable curvature of the points, but at the same time the cost must he kept very low. I achieve this objective by a very simple form of folding or insert board in which the collar is supported and lifted away from the body in approxi- .mately the middle regions thereof,.as will be understood from the following drawings in which: Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional folded shirt with the collar erect, as customarily seen in the stores, 1. e., showing the undesirable curvature of the collar point;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view corresponding to Fig. 1, showing the appearance of the shirt when the undesirable curvature of the collar points is eliminated;

v .3. with the left side showing the board as punched and the right side showing how the punched part is bent up to form the support;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a detail of a modified board as out or punched;

Fig. 6 is a cross-section on the line 5-6 of Fig.5 showing how the collar support is obtained by bending up the punched part of the board:

Fig. 7 is a plan view illustrating a modification in which the collar support is obtained from a part extending beyond the body portion of the board;

Fig, 8 is a plan view; and

Fig. 9 is an end view showing a further modification in which the collar support is obtained from a separate piece of stock;

Fig. 10 is a plan view; and

Fig. 11 is an end view of still a further modification in which the collar support is also ob.- tained from a portion extending beyond the body portion of the board;

Fig. 12 is a plan view; and

Fig. 13 is an end view of another modification in which the collar support is obtained by bending up the body portion of the board as a whole Fig. 14 is a plan view; and

Fig. 15 is an end view of still another modification in which the collar support is obtained from :two small separate pieces of stock;

Fig. 16 is a cross-section showing how the collar support material may be serrated in a certain region in order to obtain smooth curvature;

Fig. 17 illustrates a desirable form of tongue;

Fig. 18 a desirable form of slot for locking the collar support portion after it is bent into shape; and

Fig. 19 illustrates the interlocking arrangement of the tongue and slot. of Figs. 1'7 and 18.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a shirt as conventionally folded and as sold in the stores, exhibiting an undesired concave curvature of the collar points in the region A-A. V

Fig. 2 shows how the same shirt will appear when the collar is properly supported so as to avoid the curvature referred to.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view corresponding to Figs. 1 and 2 showing how the curvature of the collar points can be eliminated or minimized so as to achieve the appearance shown in Fig, 2, by means of an insert board I!) from the body of which flaps are cut out, these flaps being then bent to take the position. and form as shown at H, so that the said flaps form an arch or bridge or support on which the bottom of the side portions of the collar will rest so as to lift the pressed collar away from the plane of the shirt.

I wish to note that the term collar as used above and in the following description and claims includes the fold-over portion of the collar and/or the collar band thereof. Actually, it is sufiicient to support either the fold-over portion or the collar band but preferably, both the fold-over portion and the band are supported by the supporting means described above.

The arched form of the support H is obtained by simple means which will be presently explained. The region of contact between the bottom of the collar and the bridge I I is determined by the proper placing of the said supports H and is chosen so that the said points of support will come more or less between the tie space of the collar and the joining seam shown at J in Figs. 1 and 2. The region of support is intended to lie approximately on the dotted line S shown in Fig. 2.

I have found it preferable to arrange the supporting means so that their supporting top portions, e. g. supporting ridge portions, are located between two and three inches from the transversal rear edge of the board, substantially parallel tovthe same and between one quarter and three quarters of an inch above the level of the board. Very good results were obtained with an insert board in which the ridges of the supports are located at a distance of about two and one half inches from the transversal rear edge of the board and about one half of an inch above the level of the same.

Referring to Fig. 4, the body portion, i. e. the flat board member forming part of the insert board may be cut through to form flaps as shown 'at the left at HA and to form a tongue on the flap as shown at HB. Likewise slots l2 are cut into the board below the top edge thereof. The board is scored along the dotted line IIC as shown again at the left of Fig. 4. After the board has been completely punched out, the flaps HA can be bent up into the position shown at H on the right side of Fig. 4, with the tongue llB pushed into the slot i2. By making the length of the flap HA longer than the distance from the scored line C to the far edge of the slot l2, the flap ll takes an arched position, as indicated in Fig. 3.

Improved mechanical support for the arch ll may be obtained, as shown in Figs. and 6, by punching through an auxiliary tongue [3 with the score at I3C and subsequently bending the auxiliary tongue downward so that the tongue thereof, viz., 13B, enters the slot 14. Whether or not the auxiliary tongue I3 and slot M are used, the cross-section of Fig. 6 indicates the general shape taken by the flap HA to form the bridge or support I l for the collar.

In order to avoid puckering of the shirt in the neighborhood of the shoulders as a result of the presence of the supports H, I prefer to cut away slightly the portions of the board indicated at l5, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

The form of board illustrated in Figs. 3 to 6 portion and is bent and scored as shown at 3|, the bridge being held in position by means of tongues 31B fitting into slots 32.

In the modification shown in Figs. 12 and 13, the bridge for the collar is obtained by scoring the body of the board along the lines T and then bending the board to form the bridge, as shown at 41, in Fig. 13, and maintaining in the shape thus given to it by means of an additional strip inclusive has the advantage that it requires no extra piece shown at 2| which has tongues MB which are inserted into slots 22 to form the bridge or support as indicated.

In the modification shown in Figs. 10 and 11,

' the collar support is obtained by means of a portion of the board which extends beyond the body of board shown at 45, which may be pasted or stapled to the body portion of the board.

In the modification shown in Figs. 14 and 15 the bridge is obtained from two small separate pieces of board, as indicated at 51A and SB.

The ridge of the supporting bridge may form a relatively sharp corner but it is preferable to have it form a smooth curve. This can be facilitated by scoring the board as shown in Fig. 16 at K and as indicated likewise in Figs. 4 and 7 by the symbol K.

Figs. 17, i8 and 19 are enlarged fragmentary views showing a suitable form of tongue HE and slot [2.

Fig. 19 shows how the tongue HB and slot l2 lock to hold the bridge or support securely in position once the tongue has been engaged in the slot.

What I claim is:

1. An insert board for mens shirts comprising in combination, a generally flat board member having a transversally extending sharp rear edge and opposite side edges; and at least one upwardly projecting support on said flat board member arranged spaced from both said rear edge and said opposite edges of said board member and located with its top portion spaced from said sharp rear edge of said fiat board member at a distance substantially equal to half of the distance between the front and rear edges of the collar of a shirt to be supported by said insert board so as to support and thereby raise the bottom edges of said collar at opposite sides thereof above the level of said fiat board member while said sharp rear edge of the board member forms a sharp crease along the shoulders of the shirt.

2. An insert board for mens shirts comprising in combination, a generally fiat board member having a transversally extending sharp rear edge and opposite side edges; and at least one upwardly projecting transversally extending support on said fiat board member arranged spaced from both said rear edge and said opposite side edges of said board member and having a transversally extending top portion spaced from said sharp rear edge of said fiat board member at a distance substantially equal to half of the distance between the front and rear edges of the collar of a shirt to be supported by said insert board so as to support and thereby raise the bottom edges of said collar at opposite sides thereof above the level of said flat board member while said sharp rear edge of the board member forms a sharp crease along the shoulders of the shirt. v 3. An insert board for mens shirts comprising in combination, a generally flat board member having a transversally extending sharp rear edge and opposite side edges; and upwardly projecting supporting means on said fiat board member arranged spaced from both said rear edge and said opposite side edges of said board member and having top portions located from said transversally extending sharp rear edge of said insert board at a distance of between two and three inches therefrom and at least in those regions of said fiat board member which are normally located under the side portions of the collar of a shirt supported by said insert board, so as to support and thereby raise the bottom edges of said side portions of said collar above the level of said fiat board member while said sharp rear edge of the board member forms a sharp crease along the shoulders of the shirt.

4. An insert board for mens shirts comprising in combination, a generally flat board member having a transversally extending rear edge including at both ends of said rear edge inclined sharp edge portions forming obtuse angles with the opposite side edges of said fiat board member; and two upwardly projecting supporting means on said fiat board member, each arranged spaced from both said rear edge and said opposite side edges of said board member, extending substantially parallel to one of said inclined sharp edge portions of said rear edge of said fiat board member and located at least in those regions of said board member which are normally disposed under the side portions of the collar of a shirt supported by said insert board, so as to support and thereby raise the bottom edges of said side portions of said collar above the level of said fiat board member while said inclined sharpe edge portions of said rear edge of the board member form a sharp crease along the shoulders of the shirt.

5. An insert board for mens shirts comprising in combination, a generally flat board member having a transversally extending rear edge including at both ends of said rear edge inclined sharp edge portions forming obtuse angles with the opposite side edges of said flat board member; and two upwardly projecting elongated supporting means on said flat board member, each arranged spaced from both said rear edge and said opposite side edges of said board member and from the same at a distance or between two and three inches, so as to support and thereby raise the bottom edges of the side portions of the collar of a shirt supported by the insert board above the level of the same while said inclined sharp edge portions of said rear edge 01 the board member form a sharp crease along the shoulders of the shirt.

6. An insert board for mens shirts comprising in combination, a generally flat board member having a transversally extending sharp rear edge and opposite side edges; and at least one supporting flap formed within said flat board member by an incision arranged spaced from both said rear edge and said opposite side edges of said fiat board member and being connected to the said flat board member along a hinge edge extending substantially parallel to and spaced from said rear edge of said board member, said supporting flap being bent along said hinge edge above the plane of said fiat board member and attached at its opposite free edge to said flat board member so as to form upwardly projecting supporting means arranged at least in those regions of said flat board member which are normally located under the side portions of the collar of a shirt supported by said insert board, so as to support and thereby raise the bottom edges of said side portions of said collar above the level of said fiat board member while said sharp rear edge of the board member forms a sharp crease along the shoulders of the shirt.

BENJAMIN LIEBOWITZ.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,158,358 Wordingham Oct. 26, 1915 1,317,241 Tharp Sept. 30, 1919 1,663,573 Tharp Mar. 27, 1928 

